Google ships Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS, Live Avatar, and plans to test TPUs in orbit
GoogleAI · x · 2026-09-26
Google's weekly release roundup includes:
- Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS / Flash-Lite TTS: two of its most expressive audio generation models yet
- Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar: near real-time visual presence for conversational AI
- NotebookLM Interactive Learning Overviews: interactive hub combining source summaries and artifacts, for all users
- NotebookLM mobile Live Chat: real-time hands-free voice conversations across 100 languages
- Project Suncatcher: the moonshot will launch a prototype satellite to test Google TPUs in orbit, exploring solar-powered AI compute in space
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